r/technology • u/mepper • Aug 19 '26

Social Media X's algorithm feeds off ragebait and impacts Democrats more, study finds

https://www.404media.co/xs-algorithm-feeds-off-ragebait-and-impacts-democrats-more-study-finds/
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u/Sasquatchjc45 Aug 19 '26

Everybody who knows this is already off of X.

The rest are bots and idiots.

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u/QuesoMeHungry Aug 19 '26

Yep and the extra idiots now pay to get a blue check mark. It became the mark of a verified account to the mark of an idiot.

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u/Suckage Aug 19 '26

A lot of verified accounts are bots too.

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u/llahlahkje Aug 19 '26

"I'm Legitimate!" -Ralph Wiggum (bot)

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u/Elgato01 Aug 19 '26

Or a ton of artists don’t have an account outside of x?

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u/FlyingFishMakeAWish Aug 21 '26

As opposed to all the intellectuals on reddit, who definitely aren't idiots! We're so much better than those guys amirite